Breast Cancer CNS


Location
Salary
Depends on experience
Profession
Clinical nurse specialist
Deadline
07 Aug 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
24 Jul 2026
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Job summary

As a trusted point of contact for patients and their families, you will provide expert clinical guidance, education and emotional support while helping to coordinate care throughout the pathway. You will work with a high level of autonomy, delivering nurse led clinics and contributing to audit, service development and quality improvement.

Main duties of the job

Primarily based within our outpatient clinics at 142 to 146 Harley Street, including the one stop breast clinic, you will support patients across both outpatient and inpatient settings.

This will include visiting patients before or after surgery when required, as well as providing telephone follow up and wound review appointments where appropriate.

Breast surgery is undertaken at 22 Devonshire Place, located directly opposite the outpatient clinics.

About us

At The London Clinic, everything starts with our people. Whether you're at the bedside or behind the scenes, you're part of something bigger, making a real difference to patients and to each other, every day. As the UK's largest independent charitable hospital, we care for over 120,000 patients each year. What makes us different is what we do with that success.

We reinvest it into our services, our technology and, most importantly, our people. From developing innovative new ways of delivering care to supporting continuous learning and career progression, we are always looking ahead.

You'll be part of a team delivering care across 234 beds, 10 theatres and a 13 bed intensive care unit. You will work alongside more than 1,300 colleagues in specialist teams and over 700 consultant surgeons and physicians, all united by a shared commitment to high quality, compassionate care.

We are incredibly proud to be the only independent healthcare provider included in the Top 10 of the Financial Times' UK Best Employers Survey 2026.

Details

  • Date posted: 24 July 2026
  • Pay scheme: Other
  • Salary: Depending on experience
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working pattern: Full-time
  • Reference number: REQ100500
  • Job locations: 22 Devonshire Place, West End, W1G 6JA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Breast Cancer CNS, Band 7 Department: Cancer Nursing

Location: 142 -146 Harley Street, London

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional four long days depending on clinic requirements.

Salary: £53,931 - £64,710 per annum

You will join an established and collaborative breast cancer service, working closely with leading consultants and colleagues across surgery, oncology and the wider multidisciplinary team. As a trusted point of contact for patients and their families, you will provide expert clinical guidance, education and emotional support while helping to coordinate care throughout the pathway.

You will work with a high level of autonomy, delivering nurse led clinics and contributing to audit, service development and quality improvement.

This is a permanent, full-time position working 37.5 hours per week,Monday to Friday

What you'll be doing

Act as the primary specialist nurse for patients with breast cancer, providing expert clinical care, education and ongoing support

Deliver nurse led follow up, survivorship and rapid access clinics

Support patients attending the one stop breast clinic and coordinate their ongoing care

Complete specialist assessments, develop individualised care plans and provide preoperative and postoperative counselling

Visit patients in the inpatient setting before or after surgery when required

Provide telephone follow up and wound review appointments where clinically appropriate

Support patients with prosthesis fitting, body image concerns and the emotional impact of treatment

Work closely with consultants and the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care across inpatient and outpatient services

Contribute to audit, research, service development and quality improvement

Provide supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues, students and new Clinical Nurse Specialists

Person specification

Experience

Essential

  • At least five years' post registration experience, including a minimum of two years in breast cancer or oncology nursing

Desirable

  • * A recognised specialist breast care qualification
  • * Evidence of continued professional development in oncology or breast care
  • * Advanced communication skills, with the confidence to discuss sensitive and complex information
  • * Experience of managing complex patient cases within a multidisciplinary team

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC registration as an Adult Nurse

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